Yee out of Olympics after defeat
Team Fiji’s youngest athlete participating at the Rio Olympic Games 2016 lost her first match in the women’s table tennis singles competition early this morning. Table tennis player, 15-year-old Sally Y
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Hurricanes end drought to win first Super Rugby title
The Hurricanes ended a 20‑year nightmare last night when Beauden Barrett in fine form engineered a 20‑3 victory over the Lions for their maiden Super Rugby title. On a miserable, wet night in Wellington, man‑
Hayne returns to rugby league today for Titans
Just under two years after walking away from the NRL to chase a dream of playing in America’s NFL, Jarryd Hayne will return to rugby league today. The Gold Coast Titans will put Hayne straight into the action
QVS qualifies for Deans finals in five grades
Marist Brothers High School will clash with Queen Victoria School in the final of the 2016 Coke Zero Deans rugby competition. QVS beat Nasinu Secondary School 20-5 in their semifinal match while Marist defeated Rat
Elder moves into next round of Olympic archery competition
Team Fiji Archer Robert Elder finished 56th in the ranking round of the Men’s individual Archery at the Rio Olympics. He finished with a score of 635 to be ranked 56th out of the 64 competitors. Elder wi
QVS qualifies for U14, U15 and U16 Deans finals
Queen Victoria School has qualified for three finals so far in the 2016 Coke Zero Deans rugby competition held at Lawaqa Park. They are through to the Under 14 to 16 finals. QVS will meet Ratu Sukuna Memorial
Suva determined to beat Nadroga in Skipper Cup final
RC Manubhai Suva rugby team has named a strong line-up to face BLK Nadroga in the 2016 Skipper Cup final this afternoon. Emosi Mulevoro who was impressive last week has not been included in the match day squad.
Coles looking good to play in Super Rugby final
Dane Coles now looks to have a reasonable prospect of playing tomorrow night in the Super Rugby final. The Hurricanes captain has not quite reached the point where he is going flat out at training. Coles has a
Parents asked to cheer sensibly during Kaji Rugby
The Fiji Rugby Union is calling on parents and supporters not to dishearten students participating in the Rewa Galaxy Kaji Rugby competition. CEO John O’Connor says there have been incidents where parents and
Nasinu Secondary School U18 out to improve with their handling and defence
The Nasinu Secondary School Under 18 rugby team will go in as a big threat to QVS ahead of their Coke Zero Deans semifinal at Lawaqa Park tomorrow. Coach Taniela Vakamoce says they have nothing to lose after defeat
Marist U18 to treat RKS match like a final
The Marist Brothers High School Under 18 side believe that they have not won nothing yet and will treat their game with RKS like a final. Marist coach Koroi Matadigo says they are looking forward to meeting RKS.
Nadroga makes 3 changes for Skipper Cup final
Skipper Cup defending champion the BLK Nadroga has made three changes to their starting line-up to face Rc Manubhai Suva in the final tomorrow. All three changes have been made in the backline. Inside centre E
Best 2 teams in this season’s Super Rugby competition to collide tomorrow
The best two teams in this season’s Super Rugby competition will square off in Wellington tomorrow as the Hurricanes and Lions collide. Both sides have won 13 times this year and both are on a recent run of s
Brisbane Broncos earns a much needed win
The Brisbane Broncos have earned a much‑needed 12‑8 win over the Dragons last night. While the weather had the ultimate say when it came to play execution, an amazing return from a shoulder injury by Matt Gille
Sonny Bill thankful to work out a plan with Tietjens
New Zealand 7s star, Sonny Bill Williams says he is thankful that he sat down with Sir Gordon Tietjens at the start of the year and they worked out a plan to put himself forward all year to try and make it. William
Hurricanes Captain could be ruled out for Super Rugby final
Hurricanes Captain Dane Coles could be ruled out for the Super Rugby final on Saturday if he cannot overcome his rib injury. If he is fit to play then he would be the only potential change to the starting team to p
Key changes expected in Suva rugby team for Skipper Cup final
Key changes are expected in the RC Manubhai Suva Rugby team that will face Nadroga in the 2016 Skipper Cup final. The team is injury free and will be finalised today. The announcement will be made tomorrow.
Over 600 primary school students to participate in netball competition
More than 600 primary school students will be participating in this year’s Digicel Punjas Central Primary School Netball Competition. At least 700 games will be played in the 3-day event. President of th
Fiji soccer team coach cautious of Korea Republic’s threat
With less than 24 hours left for the Fiji men’s soccer team to make its historic debut at the Olympics, coach Frank Farina is cautious of Korea Republic’s threat. Farina says their opponent is an experi
Special year for QVS to win Deans title - Seruvakula
“Winston can take us away from QVS but no one can take QVS away from us.” That was the famous quote written on the Queen Victoria School supporters t-shirts during the Coke Deans quarter finals last wee